 Well folks, it's the night we've all been waiting for when the best trainers in the country bring their best three-year-olds and Jewel it out for that sought-after faturity buckle and the man who made it all happen was none other than Matt Gaines Abhorred second spot with an a phenomenal 229. Congratulations to you Matt You look absolutely elated at that moment when you you kind of look like you had that winning feeling in your veins well, you know I Feel like I've had a shot to win this a couple different times and come up short and you know, it's just It's it's so hard to pull off, you know, I mean it just is it's you know You everything has to fall together and and you got to have a good horse and cut the right cows And you know and and your help and you know, and that's just all got a fit You know, I just I think my Lord and Savior for allowing this to happen because it's an amazing feeling and and I'm just I'm very blessed with the You know just everything my wife Tara is awesome. She you know keeps everything going and the Barkers, I mean you know they They've just they're just amazing people, you know They've been so good to me and raising good horses and giving me good horses to ride And you know, so it's just it's just it just you know, it feels good to it feels good to you know The relief, you know finally win the maturity, but but it feels good to you know to to reward them to do it for them Thank you, you know, and and because they you know, they've been awesome And I'm just I'm happy as able to get the job done for them Well, you were an absolute crowd favorite Did you did you feel the crowd on the support behind you because they were going crazy? Yeah, you know, it's and that's one of the things it's truly been amazing. I've had I can't tell you just You know, especially since last night the amount of text and phone calls and you see people In the exhibit hall and walking around, you know that that are pulling for you and you know and And it's hard, you know and you hear, you know, it's your ear. Well, I've heard it's your ear so many times, you know And you just you know, you just try to Keep it all in check and stay focused and you know because bottom line is you know, you That's a really good horse and and I know she's been one of the favorites throughout the show But you still got to get it done, you know, you still got to get the cows cut And you still got to get the job done there. Nobody's going to give it to you So it's kind of adds to the pressure sometimes because each you go around and then the same is your school was building You really piqued up. They're absolutely right time. Well, it's like I always say Everybody asks what's the toughest round at the charity? It's the next one. That's how I say the next one Once you get one over with then it's the next one, but But yeah, no, it's just uh, it's a it's an awesome feeling and I just you know, like I said, I just I feel blessed and You know glad to finally win this one. Can you talk us through your run? You seem to pick all the black cows What was it about those? You know, it's funny. I I watched that first bunch and I didn't watch them real close But I watched and I watched those guys uh showing and you know, I'm I'm Normally one of the last ones to cut black cows But I watched everybody cutting the the colored cattle and they were just they were most of them were pretty strong and pushy and And you know and everybody's going for it and I just said to myself, you know It looks to me like everybody's pushing a little too hard trying a little too hard going a little too fast and You know on the colored cattle look, you know look to be pretty strong. So You know, I kind of had that mindset When I went up there to watch cows still open minded, you know to all the cattle, but and there was a few colored cattle that That I like too, but I really focused on the blacks. They seem to be a little uh, you know, not quite as strong and And I felt like with my mare the way she's been if I could just keep something in front of her away from her that You know that I could I could get enough done to give me a shot and and I just you know I didn't want to I didn't want to risk taking myself out and You know, so it's kind of that was kind of my focus when I went up there and And you know, it worked out. Is that the hardest part? Finding that fine line between not forcing it but having enough happened to get that phenomenal score Yeah, you know and I it it's it's so it helps it helps having a horse like that like I You know, she's got so much look In and what she does You know, I don't feel like I have to force it I feel like I just you know And that's kind of learned that about her going through the rounds and even last night, you know If I can just stay clean and and keep from getting in a bind. She's going to mark a big score and you know, so So it you know, it's kind of nice to have that feeling like I didn't feel like I had to go Cut some tough cows and go hold them to have a shot to win. I just needed to be smart and And cut cows let her do her deal and you know, if it was me it'd work So tell us about this horse you trained its mother So you're obviously very familiar with the bloodline. Yes. Yeah, I trained her mother and this this pair is very similar to her mother her mother A lot the same style wasn't quite as quick her mother was a good bit longer bodied mare And she just couldn't get around quite as quick as this mare could do a lot of the same style really big style real You know worked low the ground all but she just Wasn't quite as quick this mare's built a little better and it's quickened her up some and And she's just a little more of an athlete. So So second spot kind of made a live a name you're going to change it Well, I uh No, we're going to leave it We're going to leave it and um, oh, I mean you you referenced it earlier You've been cutting since you're a kid. You've pretty much won everything You know 12 months ago you won the the open world finals And that had a huge following of fans. Obviously tonight you can hear the fans Again, um, does it get any better than this? Well, I you know, who knows, uh It'd be hard to get much better than this, you know last year Last year was amazing. That's you know And and winning the fertility tonight's awesome, but I don't know anything will take the place of last year. That was such a You know, that was such an amazing journey and you know what? We had to be good all year not not not one show It was it was all year and we had to be good all year and And you know just the work everybody put into it the work Tara put into that mare keeping her sound all year and and hauling her all over the country and You know, that's I mean that's I'll never forget this, but I sure won't ever forget that either, you know, it's uh It's it's been an awesome two years Well, you've given everybody many memories and some really exciting cutting. Thank you very much matt. We really appreciate it. Thank you